Effects of management intensity and orchard features on bird communities in winter

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 503-512

  Myczko, Łukasz ^a   Rosin, Zuzanna M ^b   Skórka, Piotr ^a   Wylegała, Przemysław ^c   Tobolka, Marcin ^a   Fliszkiewicz, Monika ^a   Mizera, Tadeusz ^a   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Polish Society for Nature Protection Salamandra   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apple; Ecosystem services; Farmland; Fruit; Landscape; Poland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HERB; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; ORCHARD; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WINTER;

POLAND; WIELKOPOLSKA;

AVES; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84876960334     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-013-1039-8     Document Type: Article

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